Improvement in foot-rests



F. A. FARNHAM.

FOOT-REST.

P.atehted Nov.16,1875.

NITED 'STATES PATENT OFFICE FEEDERIGK A. FARNHAM, OF OWEGO, NEW YORK.

IM PROVEM ENT IN FOOT-RESTS.

S pecifieation forming art ef Letters Patent N0. 169S97, dated November16, 1875 application filed July 1, 1875.

.To all whom 4Jt mag concem Be it known that I, FREDERIGK A. FARN-HAB/I, of Owego, in the county of Tioga and State of New York, haveinvented eer-tain new and useful Improvements in Foot-Rests; and. I d0hereby deala-re the following to be a full, elear, and exact deseriptionof the invention, such es Will enable others skille d in the art t0whieh it pertains to make and use it, referenee being had t0 theaccompanying drawings, which forn1 pa1t of this specitieation.

My invention relates to an article 0f furniture which I term an easyfoot-rest.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation, and Fig. 2 an end view,0f my invention cumplete.

My invention consists of a pivoted oscillatin g cushioned foot-restmonnted. upon a rocking frame, said frame provided With a sliding dmwerextending lengthwise thereof, all as and f0r the pnrposes hereinaftermore fu1ly described und claimed.

The objeet 0f this invention is to provide an easy, comfortable, andconvenient rest for the feet and legs of persons sitting er rechning inehairs 01 0n sofas .and the like, and a hand-receptacle f0r shoes 01slippers.

A B is a rocking frame, supporting a platform, (l, 0n the under side ofwhich platform, extending longitudinally thereof, is a sliding drawer,D. E is a soft cushioned and upholstered frame, pivoted als eaeh end, bypivot bearings of joints e, t0 ehe platform 0 of rocking frame A B.

Thus it Will be seen that the entire article m2ty be rocked 01oseillated on the roukers A, er the cushion E may be roeked 01 movedindependent; thereof, so as t0 aceomnaedate itself 150 the positions erinclinations 0f the body have hereunto set 1ny band aud seal this 24thday of J une, 1875.

FREDERIOK A. FARNHAM. [[L. s.| Witnesses:

FREDERIOK K. HULL, ABRAM H. MILLER.

